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From: Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE=-native-symlinks for gcc-config and binutils-config
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 09:15:24
Message-Id: 20200524211509.13fb2345@katipo2.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE=-native-symlinks for gcc-config and binutils-config by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sun, 24 May 2020 10:33:18 +0200
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > If it creates an invalid environment that is known to break packages
5 > and is not QA-sanctioned, it should be masked. Period.
6
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8 Seems like yet another argument in favour of my initial position, that
9 it probably shouldn't be controlled by a USE flag, and should *only* be
10 controlled by the tool itself via local config persistence. (Where
11 presently, there's no config persistence, the USE flag is all there is)